Diabetes is a serious problem for more and more people. For them, insulin injection can be a painful process of keeping their blood sugar levels under control. A new, “smart” insulin patch may solve this. This patch, a thin square covered with more than 100 tiny needles packed with insulin and glucose-sensing enzymes, works fast, is able to release these enzymes when blood sugar levels get too high. The creators, who have showed promising results in a study on mice, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, claim the patch is simple to use and made from biocompatible materials.
New, smart, biocompatible insulin patch could replace needles for diabetics
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